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Package bound for Austin explodes at FedEx facility - fire department

Published: 20 Mar 2018 - 01:10 pm | Last Updated: 06 Nov 2021 - 06:06 am

Reuters

One employee was injured when a package containing nails and shrapnel that was bound for Austin, Texas, exploded at a Texas FedEx facility, the local fire department said.

The package exploded shortly after midnight local time at a distribution facility in Schertz, Texas, outside of San Antonio, about 65 miles south of Austin, the San Antonio Fire Department said in a Tweet.